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Gard (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 30
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Traditional provinces: Languedoc
Bordering departments: Ardèche, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hérault, Lozère, Vaucluse

Area: 5,853 km2
Population (1995): 607,100 inhabitants

Préfecture: Nîmes
Sous-préfectures: Alès, Le Vigan
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 45 cantons, 353 communes.

The department is named after the river Gard (also called Gardon) ( 71 km), tributary of.Rhône.